18 July Orcalab reports:

13:21 PDT No calls but orcas nearby. The A12s and the A36s must have gone out to the west. They were found this morning in Queen Charlotte Strait by the whale watch boats & the researchers near Black Bluff. Currently they are east bound. The A36s are nearing Donegal Head while the A12s are further back just past Lizard Point. They have been asleep but the Naiad Explorer thinks they might be waking up. The humpbacks are in Queen Charlotte as well.

13:56 PDT Superb sounds!! We have been listening to the A36s as they come east from Donegal Head toward Blackfish Sound. The A12s should be in range soon as well.

14:37 PDT Distant calls audible. The A36s are travelling through Blackney and are vocal now as they negotiate the last part of the Pass. They have been spread out and foraging from time to time.

20:14 PDT Distant calls audible. The A36s decided to head for the sunset by travelling north through Blackney Pass.

20:31 PDT Distant calls audible. The A36s turned back south and are travelling back toward Johnstone Strait.

20:36 PDT No calls but orcas nearby. The A36s keep shifting directions. It looks like they are doing some foraging.

22:09 PDT Orcas near mics. There have not been too many calls but the A36s have continued to go back & forth in Blackney. They are still pacing and at the moment are pointed to the north but this may change again.

22:38 PDT Orcas (may be) approaching cameras. The A36s have actually made it all the way back to the Strait with a few nice calls on CP.

22:42 PDT Orcas near mics. Sorry I didn't mean to give the impression that the A36s would be on camera but they are off CP

22:55 PDT Orcas near mics. It is going to be interesting to hear where the A36s end up. Right now they are somewhere off the entrance to Blackney.

23:42 PDT Distant calls audible.The A36s finally have decided to go east in Johnstone strait. We are hearing their calls on CRPT hydrophone.